{"id":266,"date":"2012-10-06T18:49:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T18:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rmofmorris.ca\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:50:13","slug":"kane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/rm-of-morris\/our-communities\/kane\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view \n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-e38fde93f2443341aeefa159b5e4d7c3-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/rm-of-morris\/our-communities\/kane\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The earliest Mennonite families settled in the area during the 1890s. This pleasant community is located on a major highway (HWY 23), and only a quick ride to Winkler or Plum Coulee. Locals call it a safe and quite place to live, with a large grass space for activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>OTHER SPECIAL PLACES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Named for Walter Kane who had a large farming operation in the area, the small community of Kane is located at the western edge of the RM of Morris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kane General Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This 1939 building with rooms above, operated as a store until the late 1990s when it became a residence.<\/p>\n<p>Originally the long-time business of J. J. Toews, the store was owned by J.E. Wiebe in the 1960s, and later storeworker, Peter Harder.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally serving as a post office for many years, it was the hub of activity in Kane, The building received a facelift in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is private property. Please respect the owner&#8217;s privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/general-store.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17433\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/general-store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rose Farm Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This country cemetery was established when rate payers in the Rose Farm District purchased two acres of land on the original Blatz homestead, one acre each for a school and a cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>The small cemetery, which was incorporated at the time, and is located off a graveled country road, is still used today. (See&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/manitobia.ca\/resources\/books\/local_histories\/157.pdf\">Kane: The Spirit Lives On 2000<\/a>, p. 360) First burial 1898.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cemetery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17432\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rose Farm School District 1577<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rose Farm School (named for first settler), was established in 1897 and operated until 1965. The first school was about 24 x 30 with a classroom, a hall and room for the teacher.<\/p>\n<p>In 1912, the building was moved to the NW corner of SW 9-4-2W, used as a teacherage, and a new school built. In 1950 the school was again replaced with a more modern building with high school classes offered for seven years in the basement of the school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17437\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nJacob Groening Farmhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The house was lived in by the Jacob Groening family until retirement in 1945, and later by son Frank and his wife Tina until their retirement in 1974. (See Kane: The Spirit Lives On 2000, p. 228)<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is private property. Please respect the owner&#8217;s privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jacob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17435\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jacob.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry Groening Farmhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Built by Henry Groening, descendent of settler Abram Groening, this house replaced a 1903 house-barn (dem. 2011) in the yard. The house, all sections erected in 1912\u201313, is built using balloon framing with material that came from B.C. and cut by Groening with a wood saw. The house has been home to four generations of the same family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is private property. Please respect the owner&#8217;s privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/henry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17434\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/henry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>John Bergman House<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This house built in 1918 by John Bergman, later was the home of a son, Cornie and wife Tina. (See Furrows In The Valley, p. 581) It is the home to three generations of the family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is private property. Please respect the owner&#8217;s privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/john.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17436\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/john.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Peter and Maria Bergman House<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The house was built in 1920 by Peter Bergman and later occupied by son, Frank (and Helen) Bergman and family. (See Kane: The Spirit Lives On 2000, p.164)<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is private property. Please respect the owner&#8217;s privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/peter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17440\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/peter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Shannon Drain<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Adequate drainage is an important function in contributing to productive farmlands in the RM of Morris. First drainways were undertaken as early as the late 1890s.<\/p>\n<p>After the McColl Survey was done in 1916, the Shannon Creek Drain was completed in the Kane-Lowe Farm area. It carries water from hills westerly into the Shannon Creek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17438\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Tobacco Creek Spillway<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Following development of the Shannon Drain, the Tobacco Creek Spillway was completed a few years later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tobacco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17439\" src=\"https:\/\/rmofmorris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tobacco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The earliest Mennonite families settled in the area during the 1890s. 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